Final Evaluation of the EU/ACP Microfinance Programme

This study is the final evaluation of the EU/ACP Microfinance Programme, the flagship programme for EU support in the field of microfinance. The evaluation, which covered the full period of the Programme, from 2005-2010, assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the capacity building support that the Programme provided to beneficiary organisations; and the impact upon those beneficiaries that resulted from the Programme’s interventions. It also assessed improvements at a meso and macro level and the spill-off effect on other sources of funding. Finally, it evaluated the pros and cons of the peculiar institutional set up of the Programme. Recommendations for follow-up actions were subsequently made. The state-of-the-art methodology included in-depth desk study, interviews with many stakeholders and visits to Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Cameroun, the Baharmas and Jamaica.


Project Details
Country ACP COUNTRIES
Start date 2011.04.04
End date 2012.03.30
Client EC
Sector EVALUATION
Sub-sector Thematic
Ref. ADE A377-06